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Barry and Daphne; small Yorkie/Jack Russell X's are £65 for both, they each come back with a bow, or themed thing on their collars, they smell amazing and Daphne always has a new soft toy of some sort.
Given they are both there for half a day, they love going and get excited when we pull up, they both get on with the groomers dog and it's also like a "play date" for them both, I think it's a bargain, particularly as we are also in Surrey!
Given they are both there for half a day, they love going and get excited when we pull up, they both get on with the groomers dog and it's also like a "play date" for them both, I think it's a bargain, particularly as we are also in Surrey!
Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 12th November 20:36
Boosted LS1 said:
Mine suffers from the heat in summer and I've wondered about having him clipped. Does the fur come back to it's original state after time? What does a shorn chow look like?
I think they all suffer in warm weather, certainly ours is (even) more lazy in the summer 
Yes it grows back just the same, but we dont have it clipped short as such, just a tidy up every couple of months. The double coat insulates them from the heat and apparently they could get sunburnt if cut too short. We tend to walk early morning on warmer days when its 20-25C mid day. We dont trim any shorter than below
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JRHartless said:
Funny how we managed to cope for thousands of years without the need for dog groomers and yet now you'll find numerous ones on every high street.
Yep, I can think of 6 within 15 miles and all of them you need to book in 6-8 weeks in advance. I think its a bit like home car mechanics where enthusiast owners were doing their own much more in the past.
Doggy day care and dog walkers etc seem to be great home based business too.
Over the last 10 years the dog population of the UK has gone from 7 million to over 12 million and the services obviously grown with it.
bogie said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Mine suffers from the heat in summer and I've wondered about having him clipped. Does the fur come back to it's original state after time? What does a shorn chow look like?
I think they all suffer in warm weather, certainly ours is (even) more lazy in the summer Yes it grows back just the same, but we dont have it clipped short as such, just a tidy up every couple of months. The double coat insulates them from the heat and apparently they could get sunburnt if cut too short. We tend to walk early morning on warmer days when its 20-25C mid day. We dont trim any shorter than below
I don't. I do it myself.
Most dog groomers wouldn't touch my dogs due to them being working dogs and the one groomer in the area that would do it, was charging us £70 per dog every 6-8 weeks. I quickly got fed up of that, went out and purchased all of the necessary equipment, myself and my partner took a course in grooming and we started doing it ourselves.
Word got around that were not scared of dogs with attitudes/bitey bitey dogs and we ended up doing the occasional groom for others who struggle to get groomers to touch their dogs.
£40-£50 per dog seems about the average in the area at the moment, extra if you want the nails done too.
Most dog groomers wouldn't touch my dogs due to them being working dogs and the one groomer in the area that would do it, was charging us £70 per dog every 6-8 weeks. I quickly got fed up of that, went out and purchased all of the necessary equipment, myself and my partner took a course in grooming and we started doing it ourselves.
Word got around that were not scared of dogs with attitudes/bitey bitey dogs and we ended up doing the occasional groom for others who struggle to get groomers to touch their dogs.
£40-£50 per dog seems about the average in the area at the moment, extra if you want the nails done too.
Doggo gets her nails clipped every few weeks as necessary (by me) and a quick brush every now and then takes care of any dried on dirt; if she's rolled in fox poo she'll get a hose down. I couldn't entertain the idea of paying someone to wash my dog, it's one of the reasons we got a shorthaired breed (pointer).
Her coat never looks the worse for not having a regular wash, in fact it always seems to look lovely and shiny.
Her coat never looks the worse for not having a regular wash, in fact it always seems to look lovely and shiny.
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